Important Dates

2010 Events

February
Feb. 8-11 – Annual HD Therapeutics Conference – Palm Springs, CA www.highqfoundation.org

Feb. 17 – 16th Annual Parkinson’s Action Network Research & Public Policy Forum www.parkinsonsaction.org

Feb. 22-23 - Headache on the Hill National Advocacy Event  www.americanheadachesociety.org

Feb. 23 - Don’t Ignore A Headache! Free public education program – New York, NY www.headaches.org.

Feb. 28 - World Rare Disease Day  www.rarediseases.org

March
Essential Tremor Awareness Month www.essentialtremor.org

March 1-3 - National MS Society’s Public Policy Conference – Washington, DC  www.msassociation.org

March 4-6 – American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics Annual Meeting – Bethesda, MD  www.asent.org

March 4-7 – Anxiety Disorders Association of America Annual Conference – Baltimore, MD  www.adaa.org

March 6-11 – North American Neuro-ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting – Tucson, AZ www.nanosweb.org

March 12-14 - The National Ataxia Foundation's 53rd Annual Membership Meeting - Chicago, IL www.ataxia.org

March 15-21 - Brain Awareness Week

March 17 – Brain Injury Awareness Day – Washington, DC

March 21-25 – The 6th World Congress for Neurorehabilitation – Vienna, Austria www.asnr.com

March 25 - SfN’s Capitol Hill Day  www.sfn.org


April
Autism Awareness Month www.autismspeaks.org

April 2 - World Autism Awareness Day www.autismspeaks.org

April 10-17 - AAN Annual Meeting – Toronto  www.aan.com

April 11-17 - Stop Brain Disorders Week (Toronto)

April 12 – American Brain Coalition Spring Membership Meeting – Toronto 9am-12pm www.americanbraincoatition.org

April 15-18 – American Society of Addiction Medicine Annual Medical-Scientific Conference – San Francisco, CA  www.asam.org

April 15-18 – Tourette Syndrome Association National Conference – Alexandria, VA www.tsa-usa.org

April 24 - NHF Hosts the 24th Annual National Headache Foundation Benefit Fund Raiser – New York, NY www.headaches.org.

April 29-May 2 – Depression & Bipolar Support Alliance Annual Meeting www.dbsalliance.org


May

Sturge-Weber Foundation’s Month of Awareness  www.sturge-weber.org 

May 2-8 - Brain Tumor Action Week  www.childhoodbraintumor.org

May 4-5 - Dystonia Advocacy Coalition www.dystonia-foundation.org

May 18 - Nord Annual Gala – Washington, DC www.rarediseases.org

May 20-22 – Society of Biological Psychiatry Annual Meeting – New Orleans, LA www.sobp.org

May 20-23 - International Meeting for Autism Research  www.autism-insar.org

June
National Aphasia Awareness Month www.aphasia.org

June 2-5 – Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers Annual Conference – San Antonio, TX www.mscare.org

June 6-12  - National Headache Awareness Week www.headaches.org 

June 13-17 – 14th International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders – Buenos Aires, Argentina www.movementdisorders.org

June 17-20 – 11th National Conference on Hydrocephalus – www.hydroassoc.org

June 25-27 – Huntington’s Disease Society of America Annual Convention – Raleigh, NC www.hdsa.org

June 30-July 3 – National Alliance for the Mentally Ill National Convention – Washington, DC www.nami.org

August
August 12-15 – American Psychological Association Annual Convention – San Diego, CA www.apa.org

September
Sept. 12-15 – American Neurological Association Annual Meeting San Francisco, CA www.aneuroa.org

Sept. 25 - 11th Annual International Ataxia Awareness Day www.ataxia.org

Sept. 28-Oct. 1 - 2nd World Parkinson Congress – Glasgow, Scotland  www.worldpdcongress.org


October

Oct. 6-8 – 7th International Conference on Frontotemporal Dementias – Indianapolis, IN  www.ftd-picks.org

Oct. 13-16 – Child Neurology Society Annual Meeting – Rhode Island – www.childneurologysociety.org

Oct. 26-31 – American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Annual Meeting New York, NY www.aacap.org


November

Epilepsy Month – www.aesnet.org 

Nov. 13-17 - SfN Annual Meeting – San Diego, CA  www.sfn.org/am2010


December

Dec. 3-6 – American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry Annual Meeting – Los Angeles, CA www.aaap.org

Dec. 3-7 – American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting San Antonio, TX  www.aes.org

Dec. 4 – American Brain Coalition Fall Membership Meeting Miami Beach, FL 1-3pm
www.americanbraincoalition.org

Dec. 5-9 - ACNP Annual Meeting Miami Beach, FL  www.acnp.org

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